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FOOD 4 NYC 
Nick Makhatadze 
Susann Krug 
Cecilia Steele 
Ryan Blum-Kryzstal 
Kyle Shum 
Sara Aboulhosn 
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Should access to healthy food be a right? 
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What do citizens do when they are over dependent 
on an industrial food system?
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What are the long-term consequences 
of perpetuating the status quo of 
unsustainable eating?
The Center for Economic Opportunity reports that the New York City poverty rate is the highest it has been since 2005. 
Food 4 NYC is an initiative that seeks to increase awareness, accessibility, and inspire action for citizens of the NYC metro 
region to eat healthier by providing targeted information about where to access healthy food specific to where citizens live in the five boroughs. 
Our aim is to diminish the perception that eating healthy is only for people with means, to promote that organic/sustainable food is accessible to all citizens, and enhance awareness in how citizens can participate in their own wellness.
THE CORE ISSUE
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LACK OF INFORMATION 
Citizens of NY metro area lack holistic awareness of 
information pertaining to healthy eating and shopping options.
OUR AIM IS TO DO THIS IN A TWO PRONGED APPROACH: 
1. Targeted messaging through an aggressive PSA campaign 
with the city of NY, MTA and social media channels to focus positive tactics to encourage citizens to eat healthier by increasing awareness of where to access healthy food to allow citizens 
to make informed choices. 
2. Food 4 NYC mobile app will be the central resource designed to aggregate information from existing data sets, geo locations, and health apps to empower healthy living. One location where information about urban/community farms, farmers markets, Green carts, co-ops, and CSA’s are located.
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Our purpose is to create a sustainable future 
in healthy living for all generations through 
collective action and education.
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Our mission is to cultivate awareness through 
targeted education and mobile technology 
to amplify access to healthy eating, living 
and well-being in a fun engaging manner.
NYC already has a coalition of city 
organizations working to increase 
awareness and enhance accessibility 
to healthy food through the NYC 
Food initiative. The challenge is that 
much of the information is buried 
in the NYC.gov website and not fully 
accessible to all citizens using 21st 
century tools. 
Food 4 NYC wants to amplify 
existing systems and provide a 
platform for new systems to plug-in 
using an open API framework.
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According to City Harvest and the city of New 
York, food insecurity is prevalent throughout the 
NY metro area. Food insecurity refers to USDA’s 
measure of lack of access, at times, to enough 
food for an active, healthy life for all household 
members; limited or uncertain availability of 
nutritionally adequate foods.
FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD DESERTS AND FOOD JUSTICE. 
According to a study commissioned by the NYC department of city planning an estimated 750,000 New York City residents live in food deserts, while about three million people live in places where stores that sell fresh produce are few or far away. 
Supermarkets throughout New York City have closed down in recent years due to increasing rents and shrinking profit margins, but the disappearance of urban grocery stores has had the most serious impact on low-income communities, especially those that are predominantly African-American (such East/Central Harlem and North/Central Brooklyn). 
To fill this void, the city started its Green Carts program, which has been bringing affordable fresh fruits and vegetables to underserved areas while providing jobs for vendors since 2008. Hundreds of Green Carts are already on the streets in food deserts, and that number is rapidly increasing as prospective vendors obtain training, licenses and permits from the city.
FARMERS MARKETS 
Farmers markets have been on the rise throughout the NY metro area. Starting in 
2006, NYC started the health bucks program to allow citizens to use their resources 
from food stamps, SNAP, WIC, and EBT to shop at farmers markets. Farmers markets 
that offered Health Bucks coupons to SNAP recipients averaged higher daily EBT sales 
than markets without the incentive. Farmers Markets are still considered to be cost 
prohibitive and not always provide culturally appropriate food. Food 4 NYC would 
make it easy for all citizens to find the right farmers market for their needs. 
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URBAN FARMS 
According to Five Borough Farm project urban agriculture is booming in New York 
City, with more than 700 food-producing urban farms and gardens citywide. In all five 
boroughs, New Yorkers have turned vacant lots and rooftops, schoolyards and NYCHA 
gardens into places to grow food. Food 4 NYC wants to increase awareness about where 
these farms are located. 
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FOOD JUSTICE 
JustFood.org defines food justice as “communities exercising their right to grow, 
sell, and eat healthy food. Healthy food is defined as fresh, nutritious, affordable, 
culturally-appropriate, and grown locally with care for the well-being of the land, 
workers, and animals. People practicing food justice leads to a strong local food 
system, self-reliant communities, and a healthy environment.” 
photo credit: Chicago Botanic Garden
Our objective is to cultivate awareness that captures people’s attention in understanding the ways to provide healthier decisions to the community and environment at large. 
OUR OBJECTIVE
Utilizing an aggressive PSA campaign to grab the public, 
Food 4 NYC can take their initial interest and transform it with a mobile app that serves as an information resource that connects all groups of people (ranging from first-time organic food purchasers to the farmers). 
OUR STRATEGY
Through interviews with everyday citizens in NY metro area 
Food 4 NYC found that people either are too busy, too poor, too overwhelmed, or too ignorant to fully engage in healthy eating. Because of citizens’ environments/schedules, finding options to purchase/consume organic foods become more of a chore rather than an enjoyable experience. 
ARCHANAEntrepreneur51st and 2nd Ave., NYQuestionsCATHYPhotographerQueens, NY1. What’s your age?36345. I don’t. It would probably change my habits if I knew where it came from but it might be better not to know5. Sometimes. As long as it’s organic I’m hap- py but if I see New Zealand for ex I’m happier because I know those countries are stricter with their food policies. 5. Do you know where your fruits and veggies come from? If not, would it make a difference in your grocery shopping habits if you knew? 6. Contains no pesticides, GMOs, an- tibiotics, growth hormones, anything like that6. Organic food is less contaminated and less touched, more natural. That’s what it means to me but I have no idea how the US classi- fies it. 6. What does organic food mean to you? 2. Oh ever... My favorite meals are coming from Brooklyn. Food in Manhattan doesn’t impress me, it’s mediocre. Food in Brooklyn is so different. 2. That’s a tough one. I guess in Paris at a corner cafe having steak and potatoes and wine. It tasted really good but I guess the ambiance as well2. Best dining experience ever in their lifetime4. Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s4. Whole Foods. I try to buy everything or- ganic but sometimes they don’t have an organic option and I buy it anyway but I’m not happy about it. I think organic is a little better than the rest of the food. I don’t trust it completely in terms of pesticides and good health but it’s something that seems to be better. I didn’t see a big jump from buying non-organic to organic price wise going to Wholefoods but everywhere else there was. 4. Where do you buy yourorganic food from? 10. Probably eating more fruits and vege- tables. A Dominican diet has rice every day, I wished I didn’t eat that all the time10. Eat less carbs and less bread. I’m a vege- tarian and I don’t eat a lot of vegetables so it bothers me a little, every meal comes with bread10. What would you like to change about your diet but find hard to? 8. No8. No, I live in Manhattan8. Do you garden? 11. Not really, I’ve been trying to lately.11. No11. Do you exercise, what kind of exercise do you do? 7 A lot of labels say natural which doesn’t mean they are organic, and a lot of labels say organic but the product only contains one or two organic ingre- dients, it still contains stuff that is pro- cessed so you have to read everything. I read everything. I won’t buy anything that has high fructose corn syrup, you eve find that in breads, salad dressings, everything7. I always look at it. Organic labels are slight- ly easier to understand but if I see a lot of ingredients and chemical sounding names that puts me off a bit, I prefer if it says 2 or 3 ingredients, if not there is too much in there. 7. What do you think of organic labels? 3. I don’t really buy any pre-packaged stuff. I prefer organic but I don’t really buy organic because around me there aren’t really a lot of selections3. Mainly organic, I try as much as I can.3. Food preference organic, local, indifferent, fresh, pre- packaged, eat out mostly? 9. Sometimes. Grilled chicken and vegetables, salad. When I cook I cook healthy. 9. Yes. Anything vegetarian. I make a lot of Indian food. Pasta, rice, pizza, sandwiches, nothing too elaborate. 9. Do you cook? if so, what kind of food do you like to cook? 12. Expensive12. Expensive12. What is your perception of “Farmers Market”? 43434343434343434343434343434343 
INTERVIEWS
In order to understand the simple behaviors that needed to be changed, we categorized our findings into personas. By grouping our responses, we can find our target market in our goal to change behavior that will lead the everyday citizens to make cognizant lifestyle choices that promote healthy living and a better environment. 
PERSONAS
We were able to categorize people’s perceptions into 4 main personas:
I’M SO BUSY 
NAME: HEATHER PEARCE 
AGE: 42 
OCCUPATION: PR EXECUTIVE, MOTHER 
EDUCATION LEVEL: GRADUATE SCHOOL 
HOME LIFE: MOTHER OF 2, WORKS 5 DAYS/WEEK SOMETIMES HAS TO WORK OVERTIME DEPENDING ON EVENTS, KIDS AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES & HOMEWORK, WEEKENDS ARE FAMILY ORIENTED AND INVOLVE LUNCHES, DINNERS, PLAYDATES AND GET TOGETHERS. LIVES IN... 
LIFESTYLE: ON THE RUN ALL THE TIME, LONG LIST OF THINGS TO DO, EVERYTHING IS DONE QUICKLY & EFFICIENTLY 
ATTITUDE: I HAVE ENOUGH THINGS TO DO AND TAKE CARE OF, I DON’T HAVE THE TIME TO THINK LET ALONE TAKE CARE OF MYSELF. I CARE ABOUT MY HEALTH AND MY CHILDRENS HEALTH BUT I DONT HAVE TIME TO BE EXTRA PICKY AS TO WHERE I SHOULD BUY TOMATOES. TOMATOES ARE TOMATOES RIGHT? 
EATS / SHOPS AT: NEIGHBORHOOD SUPERMARKETS AND BODEGAS, WHOLEFOODS, FRESH DIRECT 
MOTIVATION/TRIGGER: CHILDRENS HEALTH, ILLNESS, LONG TERM EFFECTS 
COMFORT WITH TECHNOLOGY: TECH SAVY. OWNS HER IPAD, IPHONE AND LAPTOP. 
“I AM SO BUSY, I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME OR PATIENCE TO THINK ABOUT HOW I SHOULD CHANGE MY LIFESTYLE AND BE HEALTHY.”
I’M SO POOR 
NAME: JORDAN GOMEZ 
AGE: 36 
OCCUPATION: WAITRESS, SINGLE MOTHER 
EDUCATION LEVEL: HIGH SCHOOL 
HOME LIFE: MOTHER OF 3, WORKS 6 DAYS/WEEK, TAKES ON EXTRA SHIFTS WHEN SHE CAN. CHILDREN ARE 16, 12 AND 8. SHE QUALIFIES FOR EBT. LIVES ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF QUEENS IN A 2 BEDROOM APT. 
LIFESTYLE: TRYING TO GET BY DAY BY DAY. ITS ABOUT SURVIVAL, PAYING THE BILLS, MAKING SURE THE KIDS GO TO SCHOOL, DO THEIR HOMEWORK, STAY OUT OF TROUBLE, HAVE FOOD ON THE TABLE 
ATTITUDE: HAVING FOOD ON THE TABLE IS A BLESSING THAT WE CAN NOT BE TOO PICKY ABOUT. I CAN NOT AFFORD WHOLEFOODS, ORGANIC OR EATING OUT ALL THE TIME. IF WE DO EAT OUT, THEN I TREAT THE KIDS TO MCDONALDS OR KFC. 
EATS / SHOPS AT: NEIGHBORHOOD SUPERMARKETS AND BODEGAS, FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS, 
MOTIVATION/TRIGGER: MONEY - HEALTHY FOOD IS NOT THAT EXPENSIVE, FARMERS MARKETS WELCOME EBT, WIC, MEAL PLANNER CAN AID IN BUYING ONLY WHAT IS NEEDED. HEALTH, ILLNESS 
COMFORT WITH TECHNOLOGY: SMART PHONE. BASIC 
“I AM TRYING TO STAY AFLOAT. I DO WHAT I CAN FOR MY FAMILY AND KNOW THAT I SHOULD BE TAKING BETTER CARE OF THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING BUT THIS IS WHAT I CAN AFFORD”
I’M SO IGNORANT 
NAME: GEORGE LIVINGSTENE 
AGE: 26 
OCCUPATION: GRADUATE STUDENT, SINGLE 
EDUCATION LEVEL: GRADUATE SCHOOL 
HOME LIFE: HAS 3 ROOMATES, LIVES IN WILLAMSBERG. STUDIES AT NYU. WORKS PART TIME AT THE UNIVERISTY TO EARN EXTRA MONEY. FAMILY LVES IN OHIO. EATS OUT MOST OF THE TIME. 
LIFESTYLE: STUDYING AND UNIVERSITY TAKE UP MOST OF HIS TIME. PART OF A FEW CLUBS. LOVES EXPLORING THE CITY. FIRST TIME ON HIS OWN, BEING INDEPENDANT. NOT TOO KEEN ON COOKING. 
ATTITUDE: FOOD ON THE GO OR GOING OUT WITH FRIENDS TO GRAB A BITE TO EAT. SHOPS AT THE CLOSEST STORES. ASSUMES THAT ALL VEGGIES AND FRUITS ARE HEALTHY, AS LONG AS HE STAYS AWAY FROM FASTFOOD. 
MOTIVATION/TRIGGER: FINDING AN OUTLET THAT CAN GUIDE HIM ON BEING HEALTHY. THE FOOD YOU EAT IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS 
EATS / SHOPS AT: NEIGHBORHOOD SUPERMARKETS AND BODEGAS, RESTAURANTS, 
COMFORT WITH TECHNOLOGY: TECH SAVVY 
“I JUST READ AN ARTICLE THAT TALKS ABOUT GMO’S AND PESTICIDE FOUND IN OUR FOOD. I HAVE BEEN IGNORANT SO FAR IN KNOWING WHAT I AM PUTTING IN MY SYSTEM... NOW THAT I KNOW HOW DO I START BEING HEALTHIER?”
I’M THE FARMER 
NAME: BRIAN GEORGIA 
AGE: 53 
OCCUPATION: FARMER 
EDUCATION LEVEL: UNDERGRADUATE IN AGRICULTURE 
HOME LIFE: LIVES IN UPSTATE NEWYORK IN HIS FARM WITH HIS FAMILY. INHERITED THE BUSINESS FROM HIS FATHER. 
LIFESTYLE: HE IS AWARE ABOUT FOOD JUSTICE AND SUSTAINABILITY, THAT IS WHY HE CARRIED ON WITH THE FAMILY BUSINESS. THE WHOLE FAMILY HELPS OUT, HIS STAFF LOVE THIER JOB, HE LOVES WHAT HE DOES AND BELIEVES IF MORE BUSINESSES THOUGHT LIKE HIM, OUR WORLD WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE 
ATTITUDE: BELIEVES THAT FOOD IS NO LONGER WHAT IT USED TO BE WITH THE INCLUSION OF THE “BIG FARMERS” INTO THE SYSTEM. HE STILL BELIEVES IN THE OLD WAYS OF DOING THINGS - GIVING HIS CUSTOMERS HEALTHY, SEASONAL AND ORGANIC PRODUCE. 
MOTIVATION/TRIGGER: SUSTAINABILITY. HEALTH. PROFIT 
EATS / SHOPS AT: FARMERS MARKETS, CO-OP 
COMFORT WITH TECHNOLOGY: BASIC 
“I AM AN INDEPENDANT FARMER TRYING TO MAKE MY LIVING BY PROVIDING ORGANIC, PESTICIDE FREE AND NATURAL FOOD TO THE COMMUNITY, MY ONLY PROBLE IS THAT REVENUES 
ARE NOT AS GOOD AS THEY SHOULD BE, HOW CAN I KEEP 
MY BUSINESS SUSTAINABLE?”
These personas develop our target audience for the campaign. 
With a face and personality attached to creating a sustainable 
future, we can take our strategies and apply it with these 
personas in mind. With empathy, we understand the behaviors 
that govern these people when concepts pertaining to “urban 
farming” and “farmers markets” come into play. 
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OUR JOURNEY MAPPING PROCESS
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With the help of the Journey Mapping tool, we identified different 
areas of consumer attitudes towards food and healthy eating. 
Consumers across the spectrum with diverse backgrounds 
had low level of understanding what healthy eating meant, 
the difference between organic and natural, and that the cost 
of entry was prohibitive for the majority. Their perceptions of 
urban farms/farmers markets was also skewed to something 
that was elitist.
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These are the five key funnels of the Journey Mapping process; 
the benefit of having this structure enables us to go in and out 
of any funnel at any point in time. Because of its non-linear 
approach, the funnels are circular, ever-changing, living and 
breathing things.
JOURNEY MAP 
DISCOVER 
RESEARCH 
CHOOSE 
PURCHASE 
ADVOCATE 
IGNORANCE 
- LACK OF EDUCATION 
- CONFUSION OF WHAT IS “TRUE” AROUND “ORGANIC” OR “ NATURAL” 
- WILL POWER 
URBAN FARMING 
- PERCIEVED AS DIRTY (POLLUTION) 
FARMERS MARKETS 
- EXPENSIVE / ELITIST 
- IMPORTANT 4 CITIES 
- HEALTHY 
FOOD JUSTICE 
- EQUALITY. ACCESS. AFFORDABLE 
BEHAVIOR 
- ACCESSIBILE 
- CONVENIENT 
- PRICE 
- QUALITY 
RESOURCES 
- WORD OF MOUTH 
- INTERNET 
- TV 
- DIRECT CONTACT W FARMERS 
DIET 
ILLNESS/ DISEASE 
AWARENESS 
- EDUCATION 
- FITNESS 
- PRIORITIZING 
FLEXIBILITY 
- BABY STEPS 
PLANNING 
HEALTH 
- NUTRITION 
UNCONVENTIONAL 
- CSA 
- CO OP 
- FAMRNERS MARKET 
- URBAN FARM 
- GROW YOUR OWN 
* TOMATOES 
* HERBS 
- RESTAURANT 
SUPPORTED 
AGRICULTURE RSA 
ACCESSIBILITY 
AFFORDABILITY 
- FOODSTAMPS 
- EDUCATE 
DISSENFRANCHISED 
EDUCATION 
- RECIPES 
- MEAL PLANNING 
PARENTS/TEACHERS 
FARMER/FOOD 101 APP 
- AVAILABILITY/ 
SEASOAL 
- OPTIONS 
- RECIPES/MEAL 
PLANNING 
- INCENTIVE 
RESTAURANT 
SUPPORTED 
AGRICULTURE
Our intention is to change consumer behaviors by amplifying healthy eating options and educating consumers on ways to eat healthier. We aim to shift the shame/fear based language utilized by NYC government and engage citizens with more positive, fun, and proactive ways to change behavior.
In order to deliver on our mission, we knew that we had to find ways to generate awareness on living a healthy lifestyle, educate consumers on healthy living, with eating being at the center of it all, and promote an understanding that healthy eating does not have to be this cumbersome, overly expensive proposition.
The Journey Mapping process helped us create two main deliverables: 
1. Create a health awareness campaign/ MTA 
2. Develop a Food App in NYC showcasing information in fun and engaging manner.
THE CONCEPT
THE CONCEPT
THE CUSTOMER JOURNEY STORYBOARDS
OUR LOGIC MODEL
A critical path leading up to developing the stakeholder map and continuing onwards to the prototyping phase, the Logic Model served as the tool to dig deeper into understanding of what tools, resources, talent, partnerships/affiliations are needed to bring our project to fruition and turn it into a success.
As we started fleshing out different buckets within the logic model, we identified means of engagement and ways of communication channels needed to deliver the message. We knew that logic model required very meticulous work from each stakeholder. If we ensured right sets of inputs from the very beginning, more laser focused our outputs would be, ultimately garnering stronger results.
INPUTS 
ACTIVITIES 
OUTPUTS 
OUTCOMES 
IMPACT 
NYC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH / COMMISSIONER 
– Deputy Commissioner 
Epidemiology 
– Deputy Commissioner Health 
Promotion and Disease 
Prevention 
NYC MAYOR’S OFFICE 
Obesity Task Force 
MTA 
Advertising & 
Telecommunications/Utilities 
Messages to communicate on public transportation posters 
Collaborations different 
commissioners in Department 
of Health 
Data research 
MTA posters on subways and buses 
Provides information regarding organic options based on location/train line 
Multiple phases of posters to 
get attention 
Link each poster app and 
social media 
Diminish the symptoms to greater disease 
Diminish health costs & healthcare 
Diverse collective action 
Introduce new consumers to 
alternative ways to being healthy 
Global to Local awareness driver 
Partners to cross borders and 
extend the healthy eating messaging to other markets ensuring the local nuances are taken into consideration for maximum impact and local 
consumer engagement 
Better Health 
Long-term benefits from changes 
in eating habits 
FOOD JUSTICE 
LOCAL ECONOMY STIMULI 
DIMINISH LOW WAGES 
PARADIGM SHIFTING 
MACRO 
PRIVATE CORPORATIONS 
COLLABORATING 
WITH PUBLIC UTILITY 
INFLUENCERS / BLOGGERS 
Foodies 
TV News/Programs 
ADVOCATES 
Nutritionists/Dieticians 
Personal Trainers/Gyms 
CONTRIBUTORS 
Farm-to-Table Restaurants 
Local Neighborhood Restaurants 
Local Chefs 
Urban Farms 
Farmers Markets 
Co-ops 
Natural Grocery Stores supplied From Farmers Markets/Local Farms 
FOOD CHANNELS 
Service That Delivers on the 
Value Proposition to Food Lovers 
Food Network Channels / 
Online / Broadcast/ Print 
FOOD MAGAZINES / RODALE 
Culinary Books 
CORPORATIONS 
Google 
Food Network 
Chelsea Market 
Highline 
Twitter 
Foursquare 
IBM 
Viv 
CAMPAIGN TESTING 
– Leverage them to drive their 
audience to farmer markets, 
urban farms 
AD CAMPAIGN 
Marketing Communication 
Materials 
Feeding info for the APP 
recipes, nutritional info, education, exercise tips, healthy lifestyle,enriching tips with products found in the farmers market 
Awareness and Action 
App is the go-to place for easy info on healthy eating 
Draw audience to app 
App downloads 
Education 
Improve quality of life 
Healthier eating 
Ambassadors that justify the cause 
Enable the audience to identify healthier eating alternatives in their neighborhoods 
Drive foot track to farmers markets 
Introduce new consumers to 
alternative ways to being healthy 
TECHNOLOGY 
Digital / Graphic Designer 
Developer 
DESIGN 
Professional Designer 
Parsons Student 
Advertising Student 
App development 
Geo-location development 
App registration system 
Build interface for user generated content 
Testing on smartphones: iPhone, Android, Blackberry 
Social media strategy 
Web page design and development 
Prototyping 
Adjustments 
Graphic Design 
Illustration 
Marketing 
Topic research 
Typography study 
Layout 
Sketches 
Slogans 
Prototyping / Adjustments 
APP ON ALL ABOUT HEALTHY EATING: 
Farmer’s Market Locator 
Local organic food stores 
Local urban farms 
Simple, healthy recipes 
Meal planning suggestions 
Shopping list 
What’s in season 
Food facts 
Facebook, Twitter, Google+ to promote app 
Website to promote app 
Digital ad campaign to promote app
The logic model sheds light as to what external partnerships we need for strong consumer participation. 
We found areas of enhancements to our own product offering to create engagement and participation within New York city’s existing framework. We aim to grasp consumer attention and ensure that we turn the idea of healthy eating into something fun and easy to do for everyone.
We identified external partnerships that we did not have on the radar at the onset of the project to help us deliver on our objectives. The logic model combined all elements to make our app proposition the best one possible: optimized content for consumers, best- in-class consumer experience, making healthy living a fun and educational experience.
OUR STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS
FOOD 4 NYC Project Proposal
FOOD 4 NYC Project Proposal
NYC.gov 
We chose the city of NY to as our key stakeholder to expand upon the existing initiatives managed by the city so that they reach more people. The mission of the Office of the Food Policy Director is to advance the City’s efforts to increase food security, promote access to and awareness of healthy foods, and support economic justice and opportunity in the food system. To do this, the office coordinates multiple City agencies and offices that work on food programs or policies, as well as partners with the many advocates and nonprofit organizations working in food. According the NYC 2014 Food Metrics Report the city has accomplished the following goals that Food 4 NYC can build upon:
• DEP Watershed Agricultural Program 
• Adjustment of the Department of Education Food Procurement 
• Community and School Gardens 
• Food Manufacturers 
• Grocery Stores in NYC 
• Food Retail Expansion to Support Health (FRESH) 
• Shop Healthy NYC 
• Food Sector Job Training Programs 
• Agency Meals and Food Standards 
• SNAP Benefits for Seniors 
• SNAP Outreach Programs 
• Nutrition Education Programs 
- HRA SNAP-Ed Administration 
- DOHMH Programs 
- Eat Well Play Hard (EWPH) 
- District Public Health Offices (DPHO) 
• Salad Bars in Schools and HHC Hospitals 
• Bottled Water Expenditures 
• Green Carts 
• Greenmarkets
What FOOD 4 NYC could provide the NY city government is a means of communicating more about the existing initiatives and a means of connecting these initiatives within one cohesive technology that integrates all information. 
NGO’S in NYC already dealing with food health 
• Five Borough Farm Project 
• JustFood 
• City Harvest
OUR PROTOTYPES
The initial prototype for FOOD 4 NYC product offering.
FOOD 4 NYC Campaign - Concept 1
FOOD 4 NYC Campaign - Concept 1
FOOD 4 NYC Campaign MTA Banner - Concept 1
FOOD 4 NYC Project Proposal
FOOD 4 NYC App - Concept 1
FOOD 4 NYC App Wireframe - Concept 1
FOOD 4 NYC Campaign - Concept 2
FOOD 4 NYC Campaign - Concept 2
FOOD 4 NYC Campaign - Concept 2
FOOD 4 NYC Campaign - Concept 2
MOVING FORWARD
SYNOPSIS 
FOOD 4 NYC is an initiative in the city of New York that aims to promote healthy eating through a playful, fun, and informative campaign by utilizing a PSA campaign that promotes the mobile App. 
FOOD 4 NYC provides a holistic awareness in how citizens can take action to improve their health with a variety of options. FOOD 4 NYC hopes to add the fun back to healthy living by reconnecting the community to their love for food.
FOOD 4 NYC Project Proposal

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FOOD 4 NYC Project Proposal

  • 1. FOOD 4 NYC Nick Makhatadze Susann Krug Cecilia Steele Ryan Blum-Kryzstal Kyle Shum Sara Aboulhosn photo credit: http://hiwyhi.wordpress.com/
  • 2. Should access to healthy food be a right? photo credit: http://www.peteradamsphoto.com/
  • 3. photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lyza/49545547 What do citizens do when they are over dependent on an industrial food system?
  • 4. photo credit: http://www.natureworldnews.com/ What are the long-term consequences of perpetuating the status quo of unsustainable eating?
  • 5. The Center for Economic Opportunity reports that the New York City poverty rate is the highest it has been since 2005. Food 4 NYC is an initiative that seeks to increase awareness, accessibility, and inspire action for citizens of the NYC metro region to eat healthier by providing targeted information about where to access healthy food specific to where citizens live in the five boroughs. Our aim is to diminish the perception that eating healthy is only for people with means, to promote that organic/sustainable food is accessible to all citizens, and enhance awareness in how citizens can participate in their own wellness.
  • 7. photo credit: http://www.nycvisit.com/ LACK OF INFORMATION Citizens of NY metro area lack holistic awareness of information pertaining to healthy eating and shopping options.
  • 8. OUR AIM IS TO DO THIS IN A TWO PRONGED APPROACH: 1. Targeted messaging through an aggressive PSA campaign with the city of NY, MTA and social media channels to focus positive tactics to encourage citizens to eat healthier by increasing awareness of where to access healthy food to allow citizens to make informed choices. 2. Food 4 NYC mobile app will be the central resource designed to aggregate information from existing data sets, geo locations, and health apps to empower healthy living. One location where information about urban/community farms, farmers markets, Green carts, co-ops, and CSA’s are located.
  • 9. photo credit: http://www.debatingeurope.eu/ Our purpose is to create a sustainable future in healthy living for all generations through collective action and education.
  • 10. photo credit: http://cultivatinghealthyplaces.com/ Our mission is to cultivate awareness through targeted education and mobile technology to amplify access to healthy eating, living and well-being in a fun engaging manner.
  • 11. NYC already has a coalition of city organizations working to increase awareness and enhance accessibility to healthy food through the NYC Food initiative. The challenge is that much of the information is buried in the NYC.gov website and not fully accessible to all citizens using 21st century tools. Food 4 NYC wants to amplify existing systems and provide a platform for new systems to plug-in using an open API framework.
  • 12. photo credit:http://youthvoices.net/ According to City Harvest and the city of New York, food insecurity is prevalent throughout the NY metro area. Food insecurity refers to USDA’s measure of lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members; limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods.
  • 13. FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD DESERTS AND FOOD JUSTICE. According to a study commissioned by the NYC department of city planning an estimated 750,000 New York City residents live in food deserts, while about three million people live in places where stores that sell fresh produce are few or far away. Supermarkets throughout New York City have closed down in recent years due to increasing rents and shrinking profit margins, but the disappearance of urban grocery stores has had the most serious impact on low-income communities, especially those that are predominantly African-American (such East/Central Harlem and North/Central Brooklyn). To fill this void, the city started its Green Carts program, which has been bringing affordable fresh fruits and vegetables to underserved areas while providing jobs for vendors since 2008. Hundreds of Green Carts are already on the streets in food deserts, and that number is rapidly increasing as prospective vendors obtain training, licenses and permits from the city.
  • 14. FARMERS MARKETS Farmers markets have been on the rise throughout the NY metro area. Starting in 2006, NYC started the health bucks program to allow citizens to use their resources from food stamps, SNAP, WIC, and EBT to shop at farmers markets. Farmers markets that offered Health Bucks coupons to SNAP recipients averaged higher daily EBT sales than markets without the incentive. Farmers Markets are still considered to be cost prohibitive and not always provide culturally appropriate food. Food 4 NYC would make it easy for all citizens to find the right farmers market for their needs. photo credit: lambbeforethyme.wordpress.com
  • 15. URBAN FARMS According to Five Borough Farm project urban agriculture is booming in New York City, with more than 700 food-producing urban farms and gardens citywide. In all five boroughs, New Yorkers have turned vacant lots and rooftops, schoolyards and NYCHA gardens into places to grow food. Food 4 NYC wants to increase awareness about where these farms are located. photo credit: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
  • 16. FOOD JUSTICE JustFood.org defines food justice as “communities exercising their right to grow, sell, and eat healthy food. Healthy food is defined as fresh, nutritious, affordable, culturally-appropriate, and grown locally with care for the well-being of the land, workers, and animals. People practicing food justice leads to a strong local food system, self-reliant communities, and a healthy environment.” photo credit: Chicago Botanic Garden
  • 17. Our objective is to cultivate awareness that captures people’s attention in understanding the ways to provide healthier decisions to the community and environment at large. OUR OBJECTIVE
  • 18. Utilizing an aggressive PSA campaign to grab the public, Food 4 NYC can take their initial interest and transform it with a mobile app that serves as an information resource that connects all groups of people (ranging from first-time organic food purchasers to the farmers). OUR STRATEGY
  • 19. Through interviews with everyday citizens in NY metro area Food 4 NYC found that people either are too busy, too poor, too overwhelmed, or too ignorant to fully engage in healthy eating. Because of citizens’ environments/schedules, finding options to purchase/consume organic foods become more of a chore rather than an enjoyable experience. ARCHANAEntrepreneur51st and 2nd Ave., NYQuestionsCATHYPhotographerQueens, NY1. What’s your age?36345. I don’t. It would probably change my habits if I knew where it came from but it might be better not to know5. Sometimes. As long as it’s organic I’m hap- py but if I see New Zealand for ex I’m happier because I know those countries are stricter with their food policies. 5. Do you know where your fruits and veggies come from? If not, would it make a difference in your grocery shopping habits if you knew? 6. Contains no pesticides, GMOs, an- tibiotics, growth hormones, anything like that6. Organic food is less contaminated and less touched, more natural. That’s what it means to me but I have no idea how the US classi- fies it. 6. What does organic food mean to you? 2. Oh ever... My favorite meals are coming from Brooklyn. Food in Manhattan doesn’t impress me, it’s mediocre. Food in Brooklyn is so different. 2. That’s a tough one. I guess in Paris at a corner cafe having steak and potatoes and wine. It tasted really good but I guess the ambiance as well2. Best dining experience ever in their lifetime4. Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s4. Whole Foods. I try to buy everything or- ganic but sometimes they don’t have an organic option and I buy it anyway but I’m not happy about it. I think organic is a little better than the rest of the food. I don’t trust it completely in terms of pesticides and good health but it’s something that seems to be better. I didn’t see a big jump from buying non-organic to organic price wise going to Wholefoods but everywhere else there was. 4. Where do you buy yourorganic food from? 10. Probably eating more fruits and vege- tables. A Dominican diet has rice every day, I wished I didn’t eat that all the time10. Eat less carbs and less bread. I’m a vege- tarian and I don’t eat a lot of vegetables so it bothers me a little, every meal comes with bread10. What would you like to change about your diet but find hard to? 8. No8. No, I live in Manhattan8. Do you garden? 11. Not really, I’ve been trying to lately.11. No11. Do you exercise, what kind of exercise do you do? 7 A lot of labels say natural which doesn’t mean they are organic, and a lot of labels say organic but the product only contains one or two organic ingre- dients, it still contains stuff that is pro- cessed so you have to read everything. I read everything. I won’t buy anything that has high fructose corn syrup, you eve find that in breads, salad dressings, everything7. I always look at it. Organic labels are slight- ly easier to understand but if I see a lot of ingredients and chemical sounding names that puts me off a bit, I prefer if it says 2 or 3 ingredients, if not there is too much in there. 7. What do you think of organic labels? 3. I don’t really buy any pre-packaged stuff. I prefer organic but I don’t really buy organic because around me there aren’t really a lot of selections3. Mainly organic, I try as much as I can.3. Food preference organic, local, indifferent, fresh, pre- packaged, eat out mostly? 9. Sometimes. Grilled chicken and vegetables, salad. When I cook I cook healthy. 9. Yes. Anything vegetarian. I make a lot of Indian food. Pasta, rice, pizza, sandwiches, nothing too elaborate. 9. Do you cook? if so, what kind of food do you like to cook? 12. Expensive12. Expensive12. What is your perception of “Farmers Market”? 43434343434343434343434343434343 INTERVIEWS
  • 20. In order to understand the simple behaviors that needed to be changed, we categorized our findings into personas. By grouping our responses, we can find our target market in our goal to change behavior that will lead the everyday citizens to make cognizant lifestyle choices that promote healthy living and a better environment. PERSONAS
  • 21. We were able to categorize people’s perceptions into 4 main personas:
  • 22. I’M SO BUSY NAME: HEATHER PEARCE AGE: 42 OCCUPATION: PR EXECUTIVE, MOTHER EDUCATION LEVEL: GRADUATE SCHOOL HOME LIFE: MOTHER OF 2, WORKS 5 DAYS/WEEK SOMETIMES HAS TO WORK OVERTIME DEPENDING ON EVENTS, KIDS AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES & HOMEWORK, WEEKENDS ARE FAMILY ORIENTED AND INVOLVE LUNCHES, DINNERS, PLAYDATES AND GET TOGETHERS. LIVES IN... LIFESTYLE: ON THE RUN ALL THE TIME, LONG LIST OF THINGS TO DO, EVERYTHING IS DONE QUICKLY & EFFICIENTLY ATTITUDE: I HAVE ENOUGH THINGS TO DO AND TAKE CARE OF, I DON’T HAVE THE TIME TO THINK LET ALONE TAKE CARE OF MYSELF. I CARE ABOUT MY HEALTH AND MY CHILDRENS HEALTH BUT I DONT HAVE TIME TO BE EXTRA PICKY AS TO WHERE I SHOULD BUY TOMATOES. TOMATOES ARE TOMATOES RIGHT? EATS / SHOPS AT: NEIGHBORHOOD SUPERMARKETS AND BODEGAS, WHOLEFOODS, FRESH DIRECT MOTIVATION/TRIGGER: CHILDRENS HEALTH, ILLNESS, LONG TERM EFFECTS COMFORT WITH TECHNOLOGY: TECH SAVY. OWNS HER IPAD, IPHONE AND LAPTOP. “I AM SO BUSY, I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME OR PATIENCE TO THINK ABOUT HOW I SHOULD CHANGE MY LIFESTYLE AND BE HEALTHY.”
  • 23. I’M SO POOR NAME: JORDAN GOMEZ AGE: 36 OCCUPATION: WAITRESS, SINGLE MOTHER EDUCATION LEVEL: HIGH SCHOOL HOME LIFE: MOTHER OF 3, WORKS 6 DAYS/WEEK, TAKES ON EXTRA SHIFTS WHEN SHE CAN. CHILDREN ARE 16, 12 AND 8. SHE QUALIFIES FOR EBT. LIVES ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF QUEENS IN A 2 BEDROOM APT. LIFESTYLE: TRYING TO GET BY DAY BY DAY. ITS ABOUT SURVIVAL, PAYING THE BILLS, MAKING SURE THE KIDS GO TO SCHOOL, DO THEIR HOMEWORK, STAY OUT OF TROUBLE, HAVE FOOD ON THE TABLE ATTITUDE: HAVING FOOD ON THE TABLE IS A BLESSING THAT WE CAN NOT BE TOO PICKY ABOUT. I CAN NOT AFFORD WHOLEFOODS, ORGANIC OR EATING OUT ALL THE TIME. IF WE DO EAT OUT, THEN I TREAT THE KIDS TO MCDONALDS OR KFC. EATS / SHOPS AT: NEIGHBORHOOD SUPERMARKETS AND BODEGAS, FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS, MOTIVATION/TRIGGER: MONEY - HEALTHY FOOD IS NOT THAT EXPENSIVE, FARMERS MARKETS WELCOME EBT, WIC, MEAL PLANNER CAN AID IN BUYING ONLY WHAT IS NEEDED. HEALTH, ILLNESS COMFORT WITH TECHNOLOGY: SMART PHONE. BASIC “I AM TRYING TO STAY AFLOAT. I DO WHAT I CAN FOR MY FAMILY AND KNOW THAT I SHOULD BE TAKING BETTER CARE OF THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING BUT THIS IS WHAT I CAN AFFORD”
  • 24. I’M SO IGNORANT NAME: GEORGE LIVINGSTENE AGE: 26 OCCUPATION: GRADUATE STUDENT, SINGLE EDUCATION LEVEL: GRADUATE SCHOOL HOME LIFE: HAS 3 ROOMATES, LIVES IN WILLAMSBERG. STUDIES AT NYU. WORKS PART TIME AT THE UNIVERISTY TO EARN EXTRA MONEY. FAMILY LVES IN OHIO. EATS OUT MOST OF THE TIME. LIFESTYLE: STUDYING AND UNIVERSITY TAKE UP MOST OF HIS TIME. PART OF A FEW CLUBS. LOVES EXPLORING THE CITY. FIRST TIME ON HIS OWN, BEING INDEPENDANT. NOT TOO KEEN ON COOKING. ATTITUDE: FOOD ON THE GO OR GOING OUT WITH FRIENDS TO GRAB A BITE TO EAT. SHOPS AT THE CLOSEST STORES. ASSUMES THAT ALL VEGGIES AND FRUITS ARE HEALTHY, AS LONG AS HE STAYS AWAY FROM FASTFOOD. MOTIVATION/TRIGGER: FINDING AN OUTLET THAT CAN GUIDE HIM ON BEING HEALTHY. THE FOOD YOU EAT IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS EATS / SHOPS AT: NEIGHBORHOOD SUPERMARKETS AND BODEGAS, RESTAURANTS, COMFORT WITH TECHNOLOGY: TECH SAVVY “I JUST READ AN ARTICLE THAT TALKS ABOUT GMO’S AND PESTICIDE FOUND IN OUR FOOD. I HAVE BEEN IGNORANT SO FAR IN KNOWING WHAT I AM PUTTING IN MY SYSTEM... NOW THAT I KNOW HOW DO I START BEING HEALTHIER?”
  • 25. I’M THE FARMER NAME: BRIAN GEORGIA AGE: 53 OCCUPATION: FARMER EDUCATION LEVEL: UNDERGRADUATE IN AGRICULTURE HOME LIFE: LIVES IN UPSTATE NEWYORK IN HIS FARM WITH HIS FAMILY. INHERITED THE BUSINESS FROM HIS FATHER. LIFESTYLE: HE IS AWARE ABOUT FOOD JUSTICE AND SUSTAINABILITY, THAT IS WHY HE CARRIED ON WITH THE FAMILY BUSINESS. THE WHOLE FAMILY HELPS OUT, HIS STAFF LOVE THIER JOB, HE LOVES WHAT HE DOES AND BELIEVES IF MORE BUSINESSES THOUGHT LIKE HIM, OUR WORLD WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE ATTITUDE: BELIEVES THAT FOOD IS NO LONGER WHAT IT USED TO BE WITH THE INCLUSION OF THE “BIG FARMERS” INTO THE SYSTEM. HE STILL BELIEVES IN THE OLD WAYS OF DOING THINGS - GIVING HIS CUSTOMERS HEALTHY, SEASONAL AND ORGANIC PRODUCE. MOTIVATION/TRIGGER: SUSTAINABILITY. HEALTH. PROFIT EATS / SHOPS AT: FARMERS MARKETS, CO-OP COMFORT WITH TECHNOLOGY: BASIC “I AM AN INDEPENDANT FARMER TRYING TO MAKE MY LIVING BY PROVIDING ORGANIC, PESTICIDE FREE AND NATURAL FOOD TO THE COMMUNITY, MY ONLY PROBLE IS THAT REVENUES ARE NOT AS GOOD AS THEY SHOULD BE, HOW CAN I KEEP MY BUSINESS SUSTAINABLE?”
  • 26. These personas develop our target audience for the campaign. With a face and personality attached to creating a sustainable future, we can take our strategies and apply it with these personas in mind. With empathy, we understand the behaviors that govern these people when concepts pertaining to “urban farming” and “farmers markets” come into play. photo credit: http://www.emloves.com/
  • 28. photo credit: http://galleryhip.com/local-farmers-market-people.html With the help of the Journey Mapping tool, we identified different areas of consumer attitudes towards food and healthy eating. Consumers across the spectrum with diverse backgrounds had low level of understanding what healthy eating meant, the difference between organic and natural, and that the cost of entry was prohibitive for the majority. Their perceptions of urban farms/farmers markets was also skewed to something that was elitist.
  • 29. photo credit: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/ These are the five key funnels of the Journey Mapping process; the benefit of having this structure enables us to go in and out of any funnel at any point in time. Because of its non-linear approach, the funnels are circular, ever-changing, living and breathing things.
  • 30. JOURNEY MAP DISCOVER RESEARCH CHOOSE PURCHASE ADVOCATE IGNORANCE - LACK OF EDUCATION - CONFUSION OF WHAT IS “TRUE” AROUND “ORGANIC” OR “ NATURAL” - WILL POWER URBAN FARMING - PERCIEVED AS DIRTY (POLLUTION) FARMERS MARKETS - EXPENSIVE / ELITIST - IMPORTANT 4 CITIES - HEALTHY FOOD JUSTICE - EQUALITY. ACCESS. AFFORDABLE BEHAVIOR - ACCESSIBILE - CONVENIENT - PRICE - QUALITY RESOURCES - WORD OF MOUTH - INTERNET - TV - DIRECT CONTACT W FARMERS DIET ILLNESS/ DISEASE AWARENESS - EDUCATION - FITNESS - PRIORITIZING FLEXIBILITY - BABY STEPS PLANNING HEALTH - NUTRITION UNCONVENTIONAL - CSA - CO OP - FAMRNERS MARKET - URBAN FARM - GROW YOUR OWN * TOMATOES * HERBS - RESTAURANT SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE RSA ACCESSIBILITY AFFORDABILITY - FOODSTAMPS - EDUCATE DISSENFRANCHISED EDUCATION - RECIPES - MEAL PLANNING PARENTS/TEACHERS FARMER/FOOD 101 APP - AVAILABILITY/ SEASOAL - OPTIONS - RECIPES/MEAL PLANNING - INCENTIVE RESTAURANT SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE
  • 31. Our intention is to change consumer behaviors by amplifying healthy eating options and educating consumers on ways to eat healthier. We aim to shift the shame/fear based language utilized by NYC government and engage citizens with more positive, fun, and proactive ways to change behavior.
  • 32. In order to deliver on our mission, we knew that we had to find ways to generate awareness on living a healthy lifestyle, educate consumers on healthy living, with eating being at the center of it all, and promote an understanding that healthy eating does not have to be this cumbersome, overly expensive proposition.
  • 33. The Journey Mapping process helped us create two main deliverables: 1. Create a health awareness campaign/ MTA 2. Develop a Food App in NYC showcasing information in fun and engaging manner.
  • 36. THE CUSTOMER JOURNEY STORYBOARDS
  • 38. A critical path leading up to developing the stakeholder map and continuing onwards to the prototyping phase, the Logic Model served as the tool to dig deeper into understanding of what tools, resources, talent, partnerships/affiliations are needed to bring our project to fruition and turn it into a success.
  • 39. As we started fleshing out different buckets within the logic model, we identified means of engagement and ways of communication channels needed to deliver the message. We knew that logic model required very meticulous work from each stakeholder. If we ensured right sets of inputs from the very beginning, more laser focused our outputs would be, ultimately garnering stronger results.
  • 40. INPUTS ACTIVITIES OUTPUTS OUTCOMES IMPACT NYC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH / COMMISSIONER – Deputy Commissioner Epidemiology – Deputy Commissioner Health Promotion and Disease Prevention NYC MAYOR’S OFFICE Obesity Task Force MTA Advertising & Telecommunications/Utilities Messages to communicate on public transportation posters Collaborations different commissioners in Department of Health Data research MTA posters on subways and buses Provides information regarding organic options based on location/train line Multiple phases of posters to get attention Link each poster app and social media Diminish the symptoms to greater disease Diminish health costs & healthcare Diverse collective action Introduce new consumers to alternative ways to being healthy Global to Local awareness driver Partners to cross borders and extend the healthy eating messaging to other markets ensuring the local nuances are taken into consideration for maximum impact and local consumer engagement Better Health Long-term benefits from changes in eating habits FOOD JUSTICE LOCAL ECONOMY STIMULI DIMINISH LOW WAGES PARADIGM SHIFTING MACRO PRIVATE CORPORATIONS COLLABORATING WITH PUBLIC UTILITY INFLUENCERS / BLOGGERS Foodies TV News/Programs ADVOCATES Nutritionists/Dieticians Personal Trainers/Gyms CONTRIBUTORS Farm-to-Table Restaurants Local Neighborhood Restaurants Local Chefs Urban Farms Farmers Markets Co-ops Natural Grocery Stores supplied From Farmers Markets/Local Farms FOOD CHANNELS Service That Delivers on the Value Proposition to Food Lovers Food Network Channels / Online / Broadcast/ Print FOOD MAGAZINES / RODALE Culinary Books CORPORATIONS Google Food Network Chelsea Market Highline Twitter Foursquare IBM Viv CAMPAIGN TESTING – Leverage them to drive their audience to farmer markets, urban farms AD CAMPAIGN Marketing Communication Materials Feeding info for the APP recipes, nutritional info, education, exercise tips, healthy lifestyle,enriching tips with products found in the farmers market Awareness and Action App is the go-to place for easy info on healthy eating Draw audience to app App downloads Education Improve quality of life Healthier eating Ambassadors that justify the cause Enable the audience to identify healthier eating alternatives in their neighborhoods Drive foot track to farmers markets Introduce new consumers to alternative ways to being healthy TECHNOLOGY Digital / Graphic Designer Developer DESIGN Professional Designer Parsons Student Advertising Student App development Geo-location development App registration system Build interface for user generated content Testing on smartphones: iPhone, Android, Blackberry Social media strategy Web page design and development Prototyping Adjustments Graphic Design Illustration Marketing Topic research Typography study Layout Sketches Slogans Prototyping / Adjustments APP ON ALL ABOUT HEALTHY EATING: Farmer’s Market Locator Local organic food stores Local urban farms Simple, healthy recipes Meal planning suggestions Shopping list What’s in season Food facts Facebook, Twitter, Google+ to promote app Website to promote app Digital ad campaign to promote app
  • 41. The logic model sheds light as to what external partnerships we need for strong consumer participation. We found areas of enhancements to our own product offering to create engagement and participation within New York city’s existing framework. We aim to grasp consumer attention and ensure that we turn the idea of healthy eating into something fun and easy to do for everyone.
  • 42. We identified external partnerships that we did not have on the radar at the onset of the project to help us deliver on our objectives. The logic model combined all elements to make our app proposition the best one possible: optimized content for consumers, best- in-class consumer experience, making healthy living a fun and educational experience.
  • 46. NYC.gov We chose the city of NY to as our key stakeholder to expand upon the existing initiatives managed by the city so that they reach more people. The mission of the Office of the Food Policy Director is to advance the City’s efforts to increase food security, promote access to and awareness of healthy foods, and support economic justice and opportunity in the food system. To do this, the office coordinates multiple City agencies and offices that work on food programs or policies, as well as partners with the many advocates and nonprofit organizations working in food. According the NYC 2014 Food Metrics Report the city has accomplished the following goals that Food 4 NYC can build upon:
  • 47. • DEP Watershed Agricultural Program • Adjustment of the Department of Education Food Procurement • Community and School Gardens • Food Manufacturers • Grocery Stores in NYC • Food Retail Expansion to Support Health (FRESH) • Shop Healthy NYC • Food Sector Job Training Programs • Agency Meals and Food Standards • SNAP Benefits for Seniors • SNAP Outreach Programs • Nutrition Education Programs - HRA SNAP-Ed Administration - DOHMH Programs - Eat Well Play Hard (EWPH) - District Public Health Offices (DPHO) • Salad Bars in Schools and HHC Hospitals • Bottled Water Expenditures • Green Carts • Greenmarkets
  • 48. What FOOD 4 NYC could provide the NY city government is a means of communicating more about the existing initiatives and a means of connecting these initiatives within one cohesive technology that integrates all information. NGO’S in NYC already dealing with food health • Five Borough Farm Project • JustFood • City Harvest
  • 50. The initial prototype for FOOD 4 NYC product offering.
  • 51. FOOD 4 NYC Campaign - Concept 1
  • 52. FOOD 4 NYC Campaign - Concept 1
  • 53. FOOD 4 NYC Campaign MTA Banner - Concept 1
  • 55. FOOD 4 NYC App - Concept 1
  • 56. FOOD 4 NYC App Wireframe - Concept 1
  • 57. FOOD 4 NYC Campaign - Concept 2
  • 58. FOOD 4 NYC Campaign - Concept 2
  • 59. FOOD 4 NYC Campaign - Concept 2
  • 60. FOOD 4 NYC Campaign - Concept 2
  • 62. SYNOPSIS FOOD 4 NYC is an initiative in the city of New York that aims to promote healthy eating through a playful, fun, and informative campaign by utilizing a PSA campaign that promotes the mobile App. FOOD 4 NYC provides a holistic awareness in how citizens can take action to improve their health with a variety of options. FOOD 4 NYC hopes to add the fun back to healthy living by reconnecting the community to their love for food.